User manual KOHLER CH6

[. . . ] COMMAND 6 HP OWNER'S MANUAL HORIZONTAL CRANKSHAFT 1 Safety Precautions To insure safe operations please read the following statements and understand their meaning. Also refer to your equipment owner's manual for other important safety information. WARNING Warning is used to indicate the presence of a hazard that can cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage if the warning is ignored. CAUTION Caution is used to indicate the presence of a hazard that will or can cause minor personal injury or property damage if the caution is ignored. [. . . ] If the oil level decreases below an acceptable level, the Oil Sentry will either shut off the engine or activate a warning signal, depending on the application. NOTE: Make sure the oil level is checked BEFORE EACH USE and is maintained up to the point of overflowing the filler neck. This includes engines equipped with Oil Sentry. This engine is equipped with a replaceable, high density paper air cleaner element. All engines are also equipped with an oiled, foam precleaner which covers the paper element. NOTE: Operating the engine with loose or damaged air cleaner components could allow unfiltered air into the engine causing premature wear and failure. Service Precleaner Wash and reoil the precleaner every 25 hours of operation (more often under extremely dusty or dirty conditions). Rinse the precleaner thoroughly until all traces of detergent are eliminated. Allow the precleaner to air dry. Change Oil For a new engine, change oil after the first 20 hours of operation. For an overhauled engine, use 10W-30 service class SG, SH, SJ or higher oil for the first 5 hours of operation. Refill with service class SG, SH, SJ or higher oil as specified in the Viscosity Grades table (Figure 2) on page 4. Make sure the engine is level when filling, checking, or changing the oil. 9 4. Service Paper Element Every 100 hours of operation (more often under extremely dusty or dirty conditions), replace the paper element. Replace a dirty, bent, or damaged element with a genuine Kohler element. Do not wash the paper element or use pressurized air, as this will damage the element. Handle new elements carefully; do not use if the sealing surfaces are bent or damaged. 5. Slide element cover with grommet then washer onto stud, secure with wing nut. If the air cleaner cover ring separated from the element cover, reinstall it. Reinstall air cleaner cover and secure with the retaining knob. Precleaner Paper Element Air Cleaner Cover Ring Air Cleaner Base Element Cover Washer Cover Retaining Knob Grommet Wing Nut Air Cleaner Cover Figure 9. Air Cleaner Elements. 10 Clean Air Intake/Cooling Areas To ensure proper cooling, make sure the grass screen, cooling fins, and other external surfaces of the engine are kept clean at all times. Every 100 hours of operation (more often under extremely dusty, dirty conditions), remove the blower housing and other cooling shrouds. NOTE: Operating the engine with a blocked grass screen, dirty or plugged cooling fins, and/or cooling shrouds removed, will cause engine damage due to overheating. Wire Gauge Spark Plug Ignition System This engine is equipped with a dependable electronic magneto ignition system. Other than periodically checking/replacing the spark plug, no maintenance, timing, or adjustments are necessary or possible with this system. [. . . ] recommends that you retain all receipts covering maintenance on the engine, But Kohler Co. cannot deny warranty solely for the lack of receipts or for your failure to assure that all scheduled maintenance was performed. may deny warranty coverage if the engine or a part has failed due to abuse, neglect, improper maintenance or unapproved modifications. Call 1-800-544-2444 or access our website at www. kohlerengines. com, for the names of the nearest service centers. [. . . ]